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Enigma, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Enigma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31749. It stands on Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Enigma quadrangle. 1,058 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 305 feet above sea level.

Enigma within Berrien County

Population over time

2 figures

Enigma fell from 1,278 to 1,058 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,278
20201,058-220 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Photographs

7 photographs, 1977

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Mount Paran Primitive Baptist Church, Berrien County, Georgia; Enigma town sign, Berrien County, Georgia; Field team office, ABAC, Tifton, Georgia
Mount Paran Primitive Baptist Church, Berrien County, Georgia; Enigma town sign, Berrien County, Georgia; Field team office, ABAC, Tifton, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Landscape scenes near Tenmile Bay, Berrien County, Georgia; Big Jim's Cafe, Enigma, Georgia
Landscape scenes near Tenmile Bay, Berrien County, Georgia; Big Jim's Cafe, Enigma, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Rural scenes near Tenmile Bay, Berrien County, Georgia; Big Jim's Restaurant, Enigma, Georgia
Rural scenes near Tenmile Bay, Berrien County, Georgia; Big Jim's Restaurant, Enigma, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A, 1977. Library of Congress
Enigma Church of God (Barnes chapel), Enigma, Georgia; Turner Primitive Baptist Church, Berrien Conty, Georgia, building and cemetery
Enigma Church of God (Barnes chapel), Enigma, Georgia; Turner Primitive Baptist Church, Berrien Conty, Georgia, building and cemetery
Marshall, Howard W, 1977. Library of Congress
Fishing on the Alapaha River, Berrien County, Georgia; Fishing boat, Vernon Harris's cabinet shop, Enigma, Georgia
Fishing on the Alapaha River, Berrien County, Georgia; Fishing boat, Vernon Harris's cabinet shop, Enigma, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Raymond Green, Ocilla, Georgia, log house, homemade bean picking seat; Rural scenes, Irwin County, Georgia; Jack Dempsey's Barbecue, Enigma, Georgia
Raymond Green, Ocilla, Georgia, log house, homemade bean picking seat; Rural scenes, Irwin County, Georgia; Jack Dempsey's Barbecue, Enigma, Georgia
Stanley, David, 1942-, 1977. Library of Congress
Vernon Harris's catfish pond, Enigma, Georgia; Big Jim's Restaurant, Enigma, Georgia; Stallion statue, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, Georgia; Dorsey's barbecue, Ty Ty, Georgia
Vernon Harris's catfish pond, Enigma, Georgia; Big Jim's Restaurant, Enigma, Georgia; Stallion statue, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, Georgia; Dorsey's barbecue, Ty Ty, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A, 1977. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Enigma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 862 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 29 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning171
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BERRIEN014
28 September 2019Debris and open burning3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BERRIEN013
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BERRIEN-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berrien County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enigma in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEnigma$8,000Multiple trees and power lines were blown down. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEnigma$5,000There were numerous trees and power lines down across the northern end of Berrien county.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindEnigma$5,000Power poles were snapped and a tractor trailer tipped over in the media of Highway 82 near Enigma.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindEnigma$5,000Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in the northern part of Berrien county.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindEnigma$5,000Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along U.S. Highway 82.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEnigma$3,000Berrien county 911 dispatch reported several trees down in the Enigma area. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEnigma$2,500Multiple trees were blown down in the northwest portion of Berrien county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindEnigma$2,000A tree and power lines were blown down at 255 Whitley Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindEnigma$2,000A power line was blown down at Harris St and Highway 82.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEnigma$2,000Trees were blown down onto power lines near Enigma.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindEnigma$2,000Trees were blown down in the Enigma area. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEnigma$1,000A couple of trees were blown down along State Highway 125 in northwest Berrien County. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindEnigma-A power line was blown down along Hall Whitley Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindEnigma-A tree was blown down at North Highway 125 at Vanceville.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindEnigma-A 4 inch diameter tree branch was blown down onto Highway 82.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindEnigma-Trees were blown down throughout Berrien county.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindEnigma-There were several reports of trees down in Berrien county.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEnigma-A tree was blown down onto Railroad Street in Enigma.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindEnigma-A tree was blown down onto Brookfield Turner Church Road.
August 2012Flash FloodEnigma-Flash flooding occurred across northern Berrien county. Hobbs Walker Road and Fire Tower Road were closed in Enigma due to flash flooding, and Highway 82 was closed from eastern Tift county extending all the way to Alapaha.
April 2004HailEnigma-Penny size hail reported by the Berrien County EMA.
April 1997HailEnigma-Hail was reported by county Emergency Managament.
March 2023HailEnigma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berrien County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Alapaha5.9 miles8
Gladys6.2 miles8
Glory10.3 miles8
Cottle14.6 miles8
Nashville14.8 miles8
Weber15.7 miles8
Bannockburn16.9 miles8
Allenville20.5 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on EnigmaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2103595The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 313955. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.